Geniza Lab

Recto: last lines of a letter, including greetings to the addressee’s mother and family, Abū Mufaḍḍal, Abū Manṣūr and Joseph. Verso: (draft of a) note by Shelomo b. Elijah, in his own hand, to a certain Ḥananel. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: letter sent from Saʿadya the cantor b. Ṣedaqa in Minyat Zifta to Yaʿaqov b. Isaac. Verso: Samaritan alphabet, and unidentified marginalia. (Information from CUDL)

List of names, mentioning Nathaniel ha-Levi and [Abū] l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Fāḍil b. [...]. (Information from CUDL)

Probably the beginning of a letter, quoting Daniel 6:29, 4; Proverbs 3:4, 26, 2; 1 Shemuʾel 25:6. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document concerning the transfer of money (300 dinars) and Peraḥya and Mevasser. (Information from CUDL)

Accounts with list of names and amounts of money. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Rhymed blessings (... al-ʿaẓīm... dār al-naʿīm...). Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to someone who has few children (? li-annahu qalīl al-ṣighār) and unemployment/idleness (baṭāla). (Information in part from CUDL)

Business letter, mentioning Abū Sulaymān Daʾūd and Alexandria. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Arabic order of payment concerning 4 dinars. Verso: jottings mentioning al-Miṣrī. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Arabic legal document. Verso: note concerning payment, mentioning Abū l-Barakāt. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Small fragment of a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. "You have forgotten me." On verso there is a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Psalms 116:3–6 (including a novel epithet for God: حافظ الغافلين for שמר פתאים).

Letter addressed to Ibn Shemarya al-Siqillī (the Sicilian). Little of the content remains. (Information from CUDL)

Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen, asking Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār to pay two dinars to the carrier of the note on the account of (?) the wife of Abū l-Makārim, dated Adar II, 1451 of the Seleucid Era (= 1140 CE); Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

List of families and names, including Yefet the judge, Elʿazar the judge and Joseph the judge. (Information from CUDL)

Recto (secondary use): Note addressed to Abū l-Majd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The sender has carried out Abū l-Majd's instruction and sent with the bearer 6.5 dirhams of "muʿaffaṣ" (something dyed with galls) and 1 dirham of "qirmiz" (crimson) and 1/4 dirham of white. Ibn Ruzayq has not yet traveled; he was with the sender. The children send their regards. There is a ḥamdala in Arabic script in the right margin (might belong with the separate document on verso, but might also belong with this note).

Verso (original use): Account in Arabic script, unclear if private or fiscal. Needs examination.

Recto: Hebrew letter, prefaced with Habakkuk 3:18. Verso: unidentified. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: jottings. Verso: address of a letter, sent by Manṣūr Muqaddasī to Elijah he-Ḥakam. Verso: jottings. (Information from CUDL)

Letter from a woman to Eliyyahu the Judge. Small fragment (upper right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is likely his wife Sitt Rayḥān; she is called "ahl baytihi" in the address. Dated 8 Elul (no year). With a header from Psalms 121:2. The sender reports that the goods have arrived, including the white turban (radda). (Information in part from CUDL.)

Recto: Small strip of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: unidentified Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)